Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 482 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 272 274 272 270 267 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 420 Write 268 Mixed 206 SusWrite 272 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 28.7 108% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 121 124% 205 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 89%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V -63 500GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: AX0A1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 112 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 64%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V -63 500GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: AX0A1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 114 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 114 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16